Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 10
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Catherine’sanswerwasonly“Oh!”—butitwasan“Oh!”expressingeverythingneedful:attentiontohiswords,andperfectrelianceontheirtruth.Withrealinterestandstrongadmirationdidhereyenowfollowthegeneral,ashemovedthroughthecrowd,and“Howhandsomeafamilytheyare!”washersecretremark.
InchattingwithMissTilneybeforetheeveningconcluded,anewsourceoffelicityarosetoher.ShehadnevertakenacountrywalksinceherarrivalinBath.MissTilney,towhomallthecommonlyfrequentedenvironswerefamiliar,spokeofthemintermswhichmadeheralleagernesstoknowthemtoo;andonheropenlyfearingthatshemightfindnobodytogowithher,itwasproposedbythebrotherandsisterthattheyshouldjoininawalk,somemorningorother.“Ishalllikeit,”shecried,“beyondanythingintheworld;anddonotletusputitoff—letusgotomorrow.”Thiswasreadilyagreedto,withonlyaprovisoofMissTilney’s,thatitdidnotrain,whichCatherinewassureitwouldnot.Attwelveo’clock,theyweretocallforherinPulteneyStreet;and“Remember—twelveo’clock,”washerpartingspeechtohernewfriend.Ofherother,herolder,hermoreestablishedfriend,Isabella,ofwhosefidelityandworthshehadenjoyedafortnight’sexperience,shescarcelysawanythingduringtheevening.Yet,thoughlongingtomakeheracquaintedwithherhappiness,shecheerfullysubmittedtothewishofMr.Allen,whichtookthemratherearlyaway,andherspiritsdancedwithinher,asshedancedinherchairallthewayhome.
